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Recording and Editing Human Voice (3): Panel Discussion Audio
When producing a panel discussion or interview-style program, such as a radio talk show, podcast, or televised discussion, what the audience hears is rarely the unaltered recording. Instead, the final...
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Katz Praatz 'Jazz Sketch (ver. 1.5)': Sketch Your Music in Jazz
Musician and hobbyist programmer Katz Praatz has announced the release of Jazz Sketch version 1.5. This update adds 144 new chord progressions to the previously available 744 in version 1.4, bringing...
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Understanding Sound Fields: Near, Close, Critical, and Reverberant Space in Acoustics
In acoustics, the way sound behaves depends heavily on distance from the source and the behavior of reflections in the environment. Engineers divide the acoustic space around a sound source into sever...
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Inside the Recording Artist Agreement: A Guide for Musicians
In today's music industry, a recording artist agreement, often called a "recording contract", defines the relationship between an artist and a record label. It determines how music is created, distrib...
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Understanding Parallel Signal Patching
Parallel signal patching, also known as parallel routing, is a fundamental audio enginerring technique that allows an engineer or producer to process an audio signal while keeping the original, unalte...
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Bansaw Crown Music 'Super Scale': The Creative MIDI Plugin for Unlocking 52 Scales, Humanized Performance, and Dynamic Musical Transformations
Bansaw Crown Music, an American plugin developer and sound design company, has recently announced the release of 'Super Scale' — A creative MIDI plugin that helps you build more dynamic chord progres...
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Noise Generators in Synthesizers
In the world of sound synthesis, one often-overlooked but essential component is the "noise generator". Unlike oscillators, which produce clearly defined waveforms such as sine, square, or sawtooth wa...
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The Role of a Music Producer in Modern Music Making
In today's music industry, the producer is far more than someone who simply presses the "record" button. A producer is the creative architect of a track, guiding both the artistic vision and the techn...
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Ablaze 'Screamer': The Ultimate Plugin that Instantly Transforms Raw Screams into Massive, Studio-Ready Extreme Vocals for Modern Metal
Ablaze, a newly established Amsterdam-based indie audio plugin developer founded by metal vocalist and plugin creator Jochem de Jong, has recently announced the release of 'Screamer'. Screamer is a VS...
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Handcrafted Audio 'Handcrafted Piano': A Boutique Felt Piano and Analog-Inspired Synth Engine for Modern Composers, Powered by the Free Kontakt Player
Handcrafted Audio, a Swiss sampling company specializing in high-end boutique instruments, has recently announced the release of 'Handcrafted Piano'. Handcrafted Piano is a Kontakt instrument designed with multi-dimensional flexibility to c...
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StageBox Software 'StageBox': The Streamlined Standalone Plugin Host and Setlist Manager Delivering Studio-Quality Sound for Live Keyboard Players
StageBox Software, a newly established Canadian software developer founded by three-time Grammy Award-nominated composer Matt Robertson, has recently announced the release of ‘StageBox’. StageBox is...
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Minimizing Insertion Loss in Audio Systems
The term "insertion loss" refers specifically to the drop in signal level that occurs when a device is inserted, or patched, into a signal path. This is not a defect or failure, but rather a natural c...
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Aqeel Aadam Sound 'Waymaker': A Creative Ecosystem of Sequencers and Modules for Crafting Inspiring Melodies
Aqeel Aadam Sound, an independent American plug-in developer founded by musician and software engineer Aqeel Aadam, has recently announced the release of 'Waymaker'. Waymaker is a MIDI plug-in that co...
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Broadway Orchestra Wage Scales: What Musicians Earn
Broadway is widely known for its dazzling performances, world-class talent, and multimillion-dollar productions. But behind every great musical is an orchestra of highly skilled musicians whose contri...
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EQ in Mixing: When Less Is More
One of the key characteristics of all good mixes is the ability to hear all the individual elements in the mix. There is real skill involved in achieving this. Perhaps the most important tool used to...
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Visions TNT Music 'MORPHED 2 - Analog Atmospheres': A Kontakt Instrument for Real-Time Sound Morphing and Unique Sonic Exploration, Crafted from Classic Analog Synths
Visions TNT Music, a German virtual instruments developer founded by a professional film composer Tobias Hang, has recently announced the release of MORPHED 2 - Analog Atmospheres. MORPHED 2 is the se...
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Removing Low-Frequency Rumble from Recordings
"Somewhere in the middle of a recording session, the building's heating boiler kicked in. Not only did it heat the studio (a good thing), it also introduced a low level, very low frequency signal into...
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